“Nobody thinks in terms of “human beings.” Governments don’t, why should we? They talk about people and the proletariat; I talk about the suckers and the mugs. It’s the same thing.”
Graham Greene
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“The truth has never been of any real value to any human being–it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.”
Graham Greene
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“Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness, evil–or else an absolute ignorance.”
Graham Greene
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“We are all of us resigned to death: it’s life we aren’t resigned to.”
Graham Greene
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“Cynicism is cheap — you can buy it at any Monoprix store — it’s built into all poor-quality goods.”
Graham Greene
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“He felt the loyalty we feel to unhappiness — the sense that is where we really belong.”
Graham Greene
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“There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.”
Graham Greene
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“When we are not sure, we are alive.”
Graham Greene
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“Sentimentality–that’s what we call the sentiment we don’t share.”
Graham Greene
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Time
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“Reality in our century is not something to be faced.”
Graham Greene
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Reality
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“Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.”
Graham Greene
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Morality
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“Media is just a word that has come to mean bad journalism.”
Graham Greene
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Media
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“He entered the territory of lies without a passport for return.”
Graham Greene
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Lying
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“In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.”
Graham Greene
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Lying
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“His hilarity was like a scream from a crevasse.”
Graham Greene
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Jokes
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“Failure too is a form of death…”
Graham Greene
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Failure
